Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Richard Johnson as a Managing Director and the Company’s Global Head of Investor Relations. As Global Head of Investor Relations, Johnson will lead the investor relations team working across Appian’s portfolio, managing relationships with existing investors and attracting new investors to the Company, working closely with the Executive Team to co-ordinate strategic business development. He will advise and work with the portfolio company financial teams to ensure their businesses reach their potential, and will also

UK venture capital investment manager Deepbridge Capital has appointed Steve Shallcross as Chief Information and Technology Officer and Connor Grimes as Associate Investment Director, Technology. Prior to joining Deepbridge, Shallcross was Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Cheshire-based tech company Afin Technologies. Shallcross’s role at Deepbridge is to lead the digitalisation of the business and ensure that the company has the digital capabilities to continue to be a leading provider of tax efficient investments to the financial adviser and private investor markets.   Grimes joins the Deepbridge technology investment team following six years as Investment Manager at Seneca

McGuireWoods has continued the strategic expansion of its nationally recognised M&A practice with the arrival of partner Brian L Hager, who brings nearly 17 years of corporate deal experience to the firm’s Richmond, Virginia office. Hager’s extensive deal experience includes advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, securities offerings and corporate governance matters. He represents clients across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, finance and insurance. Joining Hager is McKenzie Carson, an accomplished deal lawyer with experience in a wide array of industries. Hager and Carson come to McGuireWoods from

Investment advisory firm Time Partners has expanded its team with three new hires – Crispin Payne, Ed Stubbings and James Morrison. As chief transactions & operating officer, Payne will be responsible for leading internal operations and for providing advice to clients on private markets transactions. His focus will be to lead a collaborative team with strong, efficient processes to support the growth of Time Partners and support the client advisory teams with advice on private equity structures.  After an early advisory career with Hambros Bank and The Kalchas Group, Payne became a private equity investor with Dresdner Kleinwort Capital in

Doug Brookman has joined Mesirow Investment Banking as Managing Director, with a focus on developing and nurturing key relationships with established private equity firms and family offices. Brookman joins Mesirow after serving as Head of Business Development at Pacific Avenue Capital Partners where he focused his efforts on deal origination and marketing. Before that, he worked at Platinum Equity as part of the Business Development team. Over the course of his 10-year career in financial services, Brookman has created and led strategies for middle-market and add-on transactions, leading to 10 closed acquisitions. “We are pleased to add Doug’s talents to

Advent International (Advent), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, has appointed Hariolf Kottmann as an Operating Partner.  Kottmann brings a unique wealth of management and industry expertise to his new role and will be a key advisor in helping Advent source, enhance and further successfully grow its investments in the global chemicals and materials sector. Most recently, he was Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clariant AG, a leading Swiss specialty chemical company. He resumed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) responsibilities in July 2019 on an ad interim basis, having served as CEO from

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Ritej Bachhawat as a Vice President in its Mumbai office and as a member of the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. “It is a great pleasure to welcome Ritej to TA,” says Dhiraj Poddar, head of TA Associates Advisory Pvt. Ltd and a Managing Director at TA. “Ritej brings a wealth of advisory experience on topics such as growth strategy, cost optimisation, digital transformation, sales acceleration and new business building. With this skill set, and an extensive knowledge of the Indian marketplace, Ritej is well-suited to lead our Strategic Resource Group’s

Commonfund Capital, the private markets subsidiary of Commonfund, has appointed Mark Radville as Managing Director in the firm’s business development team.  Based in Los Angeles, Radville will oversee the building and expanding of Commonfund Capital’s relationships across pension plans, nonprofits, single and multi-family offices, insurance companies and RIAs.    Radville joins the Commonfund Capital team after spending five years leading the Western region sales efforts at HarbourVest Partners, where he gained significant exposure and experience operating in the private capital markets and driving institutional investment sales. Prior to HarbourVest, Radville spent nearly ten years in senior sales roles at Guggenheim

Vistra, a provider of expert advisory and administrative support to Fund, Corporate, Capital Market and Private Wealth clients, has launched its Global Capital Markets – ‘Loan Market Solutions’, which coincides with the relocation of Navita Yadav, Global Head of Capital Markets, to London. Vistra is the go-to partner for capital market participants globally and already provides services for debt market issuances, securitisation & structured finance, aviation ABS and tailored loan administration services. By adding Loan Market Solutions to its capital market services, Vistra will be able to provide loan administration services on more complex range of products from debt funds

Sol Systems has added three veteran energy executives, Patty Rollin, Mary Beth Mandanas, and Hans Dyke, to its expanding team.  Collectively, Rollin, Mandanas, and Dyke bring significant executive and energy industry experience to the Sol Systems team.   “Sol enables and empowers its partners to drive a more sustainable future and invest in communities,” says Yuri Horwitz, Sol Systems’ Chief Executive Officer. “Hans, Mary Beth and Patty are a key part of expanding our business to meet the needs of corporate, institutional and municipal partners executing on this vision. I’m both grateful and proud to welcome them.”   Rollin has